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Blank Map of Massachusetts

Fourteen counties of Massachusetts, from Barnstable to Worcester, on one sheet.

Blank Map of Massachusetts

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Write the name of each numbered county.Answer key

  1. Barnstable County
  2. Berkshire County
  3. Bristol County
  4. Dukes County
  5. Essex County
  6. Franklin County
  7. Hampden County
  8. Hampshire County
  9. Middlesex County
  10. Nantucket County
  11. Norfolk County
  12. Plymouth County
  13. Suffolk County
  14. Worcester County

Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023. Licence: public domain.

Each county is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a county is answered.

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  1. Barnstable County
  2. Berkshire County
  3. Bristol County
  4. Dukes County
  5. Essex County
  6. Franklin County
  7. Hampden County
  8. Hampshire County
  9. Middlesex County
  10. Nantucket County
  11. Norfolk County
  12. Plymouth County
  13. Suffolk County
  14. Worcester County

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_500k (scale 1:500,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_500k.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 71.3°W, standard parallels 41.5°N and 42.6°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

How it works

This blank map of Massachusetts shows all 14 counties of Massachusetts, from Barnstable to Worcester, with Boston, the capital, in Suffolk County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.

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Blank, numbered or named

Blank prints the 14 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Barnstable and 14 on Worcester, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.

Massachusetts outline map with every county

Worcester County, in the middle of the state, is the largest; Nantucket, an island county, is the smallest by land. Its neighbors, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, are drawn around it without numbers.

  • Cape Cod is Barnstable County; Martha’s Vineyard is Dukes County. Ask students to find both islands.

Questions and answers

How many counties does Massachusetts have?

Fourteen in the Census Bureau count, from Barnstable County to Worcester County in alphabetical order.

What county is Boston in?

Boston stands in Suffolk County, which is number 13 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Boston beside it.

Which county is Cape Cod?

Barnstable County covers all of Cape Cod. The islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are Dukes and Nantucket counties.

Which county of Massachusetts has the most people?

Middlesex County, around Cambridge and Lowell, has more people than any other county in Massachusetts, while the capital, Boston, is in Suffolk County.

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